Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30525
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21150030525
Alternate number:
GW-17 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
4 x 5" Black and white negative of beaters meeting up before tiger hunt. Hoefler's original description: "Gwalior State, Central India. Beaters arriving at the rendezvous previous to the tiger hunt. When a day has been set for a hunt, word is sent out through the proper officials and the countrymen collect from miles around at the call of their Maharaja. It is the duty of these men to beat through the jungle on foot, shouting and hitting their sticks against trees, in order to drive the tigers in front of the shooting boxes or machans, wherein wait the Maharaja and his guests. Frequently these men are badly mauled or killed by enraged tigers, which break back through the beat." (Envelope marked: "Tiger beaters")
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
Gwalior State, Central India
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1931-1932
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Production date:
1931-1932
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
whole— length 5 inches and whole— height 4 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30525, described as 4 x 5" Black and white negative of beaters meeting up before tiger hunt. Hoefler's original description: "Gwalior State, Central India. Beaters arriving at the rendezvous previous to the tiger hunt. When a day has been set for a hunt, word is sent out through the proper officials and the countrymen collect from miles around at the call of their Maharaja. It is the duty of these men to beat through the jungle on foot, shouting and hitting their sticks against trees, in order to drive the tigers in front of the shooting boxes or machans, wherein wait the Maharaja and his guests. Frequently these men are badly mauled or killed by enraged tigers, which break back through the beat." (Envelope marked: "Tiger beaters")Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30525, described as 4 x 5" Black and white negative of beaters meeting up before tiger hunt. Hoefler's original description: "Gwalior State, Central India. Beaters arriving at the rendezvous previous to the tiger hunt. When a day has been set for a hunt, word is sent out through the proper officials and the countrymen collect from miles around at the call of their Maharaja. It is the duty of these men to beat through the jungle on foot, shouting and hitting their sticks against trees, in order to drive the tigers in front of the shooting boxes or machans, wherein wait the Maharaja and his guests. Frequently these men are badly mauled or killed by enraged tigers, which break back through the beat." (Envelope marked: "Tiger beaters")

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